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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2018

Georgia K-9 Shot During Traffic Stop Released from Hospital

The K-9 with the DeKalb County (GA) Police Department shot during a gunfight at a traffic stop was released from a veterinary hospital on Saturday. Indi lost an eye during the confrontation, but is expected to otherwise recover.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 14, 2018

Georgia Officer Fatally Shot, K-9 Critically Wounded at Traffic Stop

Officer Edgar Flores of the DeKalb County (GA) Police Department was conducting a traffic stop on Thursday evening when a subject fled on foot, opening fire on Flores as he ran. Flores was struck and subsequently died from his wounds.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 14, 2018

Georgia Officer Recovering from Shooting

Police say 27-year-old Tameka LaShay Simpson was in the passenger seat of a vehicle driven by 22-year-old Jael Estefania De La Rosa Silie when Simpson opened fire on Officer Joe Yother of the Calhoun (GA) Police Department.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 12, 2018

Georgia Officer Shot, Saved by Vest While Investigating Marijuana Smell at Gas Station

Yother then approached the car and asked for ID. That's when the GBI said a woman in the passenger seat pulled a gun out of the glove box and shot him in the arm. That bullet ricocheted into his chest, where it hit his vest and his cellphone.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 6, 2018

Video: Georgia Officer Shot in Face, Suspect Killed in Morning Gunfight

An officer with the Henry County (GA) Police Department who was reportedly shot in the face at a dentist office on Thursday morning is in critical condition at a nearby hospital.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2018

Georgia Department Honors its First African-American Officer

One of what has been come to be known as "The Original Nine"—the first group of black men to have been sworn in after graduating the academy—Lieutenant John White was praised at the ceremony for blazing a trail for other black officers in the United States.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 29, 2018

Georgia Officer Sues Department over Firing, Claiming Disability

An officer fired by the Decatur (GA) Police Department is suing the city over claims that he was let go because of a disability.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 21, 2018

Study: Majority of Subjects Killed by Georgia Police Had Drugs in Their System

According to a report by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, in nearly 20 percent of the fatal shootings involving police officers since 2012 the subject had methamphetamine in their system.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 19, 2018

Retired Georgia Officer Dies in Narcotics Task Force Helicopter Crash

David Hall had been piloting the Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter that served the Columbus-based Metro Narcotics Task Force that went down in Lake Mitchell on Friday.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 13, 2018

Georgia Inmates Pen Heartfelt Letter in Support of Slain Deputy

A group of nearly two dozen inmates at the Gwinnett County (GA) Jail signed a letter to Sheriff Butch Conway in support of the agency as it mourns the murder of Officer Antwan Toney, who was killed last month while responding to a call about a suspicious vehicle near a school.

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